Happy 2017 Birthday to the Legendary Sonny Curtis

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we have several great musical birthdays to celebrate. We’ll begin with Sonny Curtis. If you don’t know who Sonny Curtis is, well, he was in the Crickets, Buddy Holly’s backing band. He's also one fantastic songwriter!

It's also the birthday of several other greats, including the fantastic Billy Joel, which will post throughout the day. For now, let's celebrate this legendary birthday boy! I don’t have time to create a full bio this year, so I’ll let the music of the great Sonny Curtis (May 9, 1937) speak for itself!

Here’s the song he wrote to answer the errors in the movie “The Buddy Holly Story.” It tells the story of West Texas, Elvis, and how Buddy and the Crickets came to be. For your enjoyment, “The Real Buddy Holly Story”

From the 1963 movie, “Just For Fun,” the original Crickets doing a performance of “My Little Girl”

He’s also the writer of one of the most covered songs in rock and roll, “I Fought The Law.” Here’s the most famous version, done in 1966 by the West Texas group the Bobby Fuller Four, of the rocking “I Fought The Law”

From the same year, it’s clear that Sonny loved Beatle music since he recorded an entire album of flamenco guitar versions of Beatle tunes. We’ll begin with his version of Ringo’s theme, also known as “This Boy,” and move into “A Hard Day’s Night” followed by “PS I Love You”